WoRMS taxon details
Siliculidae J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1973
196892 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196892)
accepted
Family
Radiidentidae Egorova & Starobogatov, 1975 · unaccepted
- Genus Silicula Jeffreys, 1879
- Genus Radiidens Egorova & Starobogatov, 1975 accepted as Silicula Jeffreys, 1879 (synonym)
marine
Allen J. A. & Sanders H. L. (1973). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia): The families Siliculidae and Lametilidae. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 145 (6)</i>: 263-310, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4336423 [details]
Nomenclature Egorova & Starobogatov established Radiidens as a substitute name for "Silicula Thiele, 1935 [sic], non Jeffreys, 1879",...
Nomenclature Egorova & Starobogatov established Radiidens as a substitute name for "Silicula Thiele, 1935 [sic], non Jeffreys, 1879", with S. fragilis Jeffreys, 1879, as type, and considered that the real Silicula Jeffreys was a substitute name for Phaseolus Monterosato, 1875, therefore with the same type species (P. ovatus Monterosato, 1875).
The question is further complicated because Phaseolus ovatus was a nomen nudum in Monterosato (1875) and is only available from Seguenza (1877)
Jeffreys somewhat ambiguously established Silicula as a substitute name for Phaseolus Monterosato, 1875 (which he believed not to have been properly established and to be preoccupied in botany), while at the same time fixing S. fragilis Jeffreys, 1879, as type. Thiele (1934) explicitly attributed Silicula to Jeffreys, 1879, and stated the type species to be S. fragilis Jeffreys, 1879. Allen & Sanders (1973) cited S. fragilis as type of Silicula when they established the name Siliculidae. Depending on the valid type species of Silicula, Siliculidae is either an objective synonym of Phaseolidae or a potentially valid name with Radiidentidae as an objective synonym. Under Art. 65.2, the case should be brought to the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature. [details]
The question is further complicated because Phaseolus ovatus was a nomen nudum in Monterosato (1875) and is only available from Seguenza (1877)
Jeffreys somewhat ambiguously established Silicula as a substitute name for Phaseolus Monterosato, 1875 (which he believed not to have been properly established and to be preoccupied in botany), while at the same time fixing S. fragilis Jeffreys, 1879, as type. Thiele (1934) explicitly attributed Silicula to Jeffreys, 1879, and stated the type species to be S. fragilis Jeffreys, 1879. Allen & Sanders (1973) cited S. fragilis as type of Silicula when they established the name Siliculidae. Depending on the valid type species of Silicula, Siliculidae is either an objective synonym of Phaseolidae or a potentially valid name with Radiidentidae as an objective synonym. Under Art. 65.2, the case should be brought to the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siliculidae J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196892 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
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Allen J. A. & Sanders H. L. (1973). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia): The families Siliculidae and Lametilidae. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 145 (6)</i>: 263-310, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4336423 [details]
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additional source
Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2005. Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.0.1)], available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2005. Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.0.1)], available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
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Nomenclature Egorova & Starobogatov established Radiidens as a substitute name for "Silicula Thiele, 1935 [sic], non Jeffreys, 1879", with S. fragilis Jeffreys, 1879, as type, and considered that the real Silicula Jeffreys was a substitute name for Phaseolus Monterosato, 1875, therefore with the same type species (P. ovatus Monterosato, 1875). The question is further complicated because Phaseolus ovatus was a nomen nudum in Monterosato (1875) and is only available from Seguenza (1877)
Jeffreys somewhat ambiguously established Silicula as a substitute name for Phaseolus Monterosato, 1875 (which he believed not to have been properly established and to be preoccupied in botany), while at the same time fixing S. fragilis Jeffreys, 1879, as type. Thiele (1934) explicitly attributed Silicula to Jeffreys, 1879, and stated the type species to be S. fragilis Jeffreys, 1879. Allen & Sanders (1973) cited S. fragilis as type of Silicula when they established the name Siliculidae. Depending on the valid type species of Silicula, Siliculidae is either an objective synonym of Phaseolidae or a potentially valid name with Radiidentidae as an objective synonym. Under Art. 65.2, the case should be brought to the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature. [details]
